Because tomorrow was New Year's Eve, the Lunar New Year's Eve, and almost no merchants would be doing business from then on, Star-Gazing City was nearly at its liveliest day before the New Year today. Everyone was accustomed to shopping on this day, and countless stores would roll out all kinds of promotions and discounts to draw in customers.
Even though the Holy War was underway and many people were still suffering in deep waters and scorching fire, on this day, before the flames of the Holy War reached this peaceful land far from the north, everyone seemed to have chosen to forget about it.
Star-Gazing City was bustling with people coming and going. Walking among the crowd, Zhang Tie did not stand out in the slightest.
In the past, although Star-Gazing City had a large foreign population, the Hua Clan still made up at least four-fifths of its residents. Today, however, the city's demographic makeup had been turned upside down. With large numbers of Hua Clan people leaving and foreign residents increasing, the Hua Clan population now made up less than one-fifth of the city. Among those Hua Clan people who remained here for various reasons, some had grown used to living in this city and did not wish to leave for the time being; others had businesses or jobs here, had been stationed here, or still hoped to find an opportunity to make a fortune; the third kind were Hua Clan refugees who had fled from the northern regions and nations of the Weiyi Subcontinent. The last kind were those blessed with favorable circumstances, backed by major merchant groups or powerful aristocratic families, who could leave at any time but had chosen to stay for various reasons.
No one needed to worry about the last kind. As for